Chab Dai

Chab Dai (joining hands in Khmer) was founded in Cambodia in 2005[1] by Helen Sworn.[2] Chab Dai is a coalition of diverse stakeholders committed to working together to abolish all forms of sexual abuse, human trafficking and exploitation.[3][4] Chab Dai aims to bring an end to trafficking and sexual exploitation through coalition building, community prevention, advocacy and research.[5][6] While the organization was founded in Cambodia, Chab Dai also has additional offices in the United States,[7] Canada and the United Kingdom.[8]

Ethos and Core Values

Chab Dai is inspired by Christian faith and commitment to excellence to work strategically and collaboratively in order to facilitate connectivity, generate and share knowledge, advocate for transformed societies and empowered communities, support strength and promote hope for the future.[9] Chab Dai's five core values are:

  1. Facilitate Connectivity – The issues of human trafficking, abuse and exploitation are complex and are perpetrated by a network of criminals and corrupted systems and institutions. It takes a network to fight against a network. Holding our arms together creates the movement needed to combat the complex issues that cause human trafficking, abuse and exploitation.
  2. Generate and share knowledge – As an NGO and as a collective of various organizations, we are committed to generating knowledge through researches, reflections and documenting our collective experiences. We aim to package these into shareable forms for training, workshops, fora, publications and other learning processes. Our knowledge generation and sharing is defined by our commitment to contribute to the body of knowledge and practice in Cambodia and globally to better address issues of human trafficking, all forms of abuse and exploitation.
  3. Advocate for transformed societies and empowered communities – We seek to impact changes in policies, systems and practices in society that are detrimental to the most vulnerable communities and causes them to be trafficked, abused and exploited. We are committed to enabling communities and civil society groups to engage the state while working with the state and other duty bearers and support agencies to perform their mandates.
  4. Support for Strength – Diverse stakeholders cooperating together are able to complement strengths and weaknesses as well as provide encouragement when individually dealing with challenges inherent to organisations addressing issues of human trafficking, abuse and exploitation.
  5. Support for Strength – Diverse stakeholders cooperating together are able to complement strengths and weaknesses as well as provide encouragement when individually dealing with challenges inherent to organisations addressing issues of human trafficking, abuse and exploitation.

Governance

Chab Dai Cambodia is registered with the Royal Government of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an international charity organization under the sponsorship of Chab Dai International. Cambodia-specific governance is assisted by a Cambodia Steering Committee, a sub-committee of Chab Dai International's Board of Directors, and is made up of representatives from Chab Dai Cambodia's coalition members.[10]
Chab Dai International, overseen by a Board of Directors made up of international members both external and internal to other Chab Dai offices, is registered as a public benefit corporation in California (USA), and as a registered public charity with 501c3 tax-exempt status with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under EIN 26-4646578. Approved grants are made to Chab Dai Cambodia and other international projects several times per year. Financial accountability documents can be downloaded from Chab Dai's profile on Guidestar.org.
Chab Dai Canada, overseen by an autonomous Board of Directors, is registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency under registration number 81890 6703 RR0001.
Chab Dai is also overseen by a registered charity in the UK, Chab Dai & Yejj Charitable Trust (registered number 1103241).[11][12][13]

Projects Areas of Chab Dai Cambodia

Chab Dai has five main project areas:

  1. Coalition and Capacity Building: Learning Community Project, Charter-Doorsteps Project, Freedom Collaborative.

Partner and member organisations have the institutional capabilities to perform their mandates in addressing issues related to human trafficking, abuse and exploitation as well as the ability to network and partner with various organisations in and out of Cambodia.

Activities:

The values, attitudes, knowledge, practice and behaviour of caregivers and duty bearers in Chab Dai target areas promote a caring and protective environment for the most vulnerable families and individuals.

Activities:

Justice and Client Care: Case Support Project, Community Based Client Care Project. Rights of survivors are protected and they have access to justice.

Activities:

Advocacy: Chab Dai is able to influence the policy environment at a local and national level to be conducive to protection of vulnerable families and individuals against human trafficking, abuse and exploitation.

Activities:

Research: Butterfly Longitudinal Research. Chab Dai contributes to the body of knowledge and discourse both in Cambodia and globally to improve research quality standards and promote innovative and relevant programming and advocacy to address human trafficking, abuse and exploitation.

Activities:

[3][14]

Projects of Chab Dai International

Freedom Collaborative:[15] Freedom Collaborative[16] is a partnership project between Chab Dai and Liberty Asia,[17] and was re-launched in February 2016. Originally piloted and designed in the United States in 2012 as the Freedom Registry, Freedom Collaborative is an online platform that seeks to integrate every facet of the counter-trafficking movement, enabling advocates, practitioners, policymakers and researchers to contribute to and draw from its collective knowledge base. Through use of the platform’s Freedom Library, international Freedom Registry, and a collaborative interactive map, all those interested in the cause can communicate, exchange resources and collaborate in real time.

Freedom Collaborative Canada:[18] Freedom Registry Canada is dedicated to fostering collaboration through innovate uses of technology. By building grassroots engagement with the online Freedom Collaborative platform, Freedom Registry provides the innovative means and vital information needed to support anti-trafficking stakeholders to better protect those at risk and provide life-changing services to survivors. By engaging stakeholders to register and use Freedom Registry to connect with peer organizations, and use resources in Freedom Collaborative's resource library, Freedom Registry Canada will build a connected, collaborative and informed response to human trafficking.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chabdai.org/
  2. ↑ Katherine Marshall (August 31, 2009). "Need Plus Greed: Faith in Action". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  3. 1 2 http://www.humantrafficking.org/organizations/414
  4. ↑ http://www.crin.org/Organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=3911
  5. ↑ http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs096/1102486612976/archive/1102663375381.html
  6. ↑ http://www.stopthetraffik.org/projects/cambodia.aspx
  7. ↑ http://www.chabdai.org/usa.html
  8. ↑ http://www.chabdai.org/projects.html
  9. ↑ http://chabdai.org/ethos/
  10. ↑ http://chabdai.org/governance/
  11. ↑ http://treasuresofdarkness.org.uk/cambodia.php
  12. ↑ http://www.chabdai.org/cambodia.html
  13. ↑ http://www.listenuptv.com/listenup/shows?show_id=129
  14. ↑ http://www.crin.org/organisations/vieworg.asp?id=4519
  15. ↑ http://chabdai.org/freedomcollaborative
  16. ↑ http://libertyasia.org/freedomcollaborative/
  17. ↑ http://libertyasia.org
  18. ↑ http://chabdai.org/fr-canada-1-1
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